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Auf Englisch  In English comparison refers to the change of an adjective or adverb in order to show its relative intensity.  The three degrees of comparison are possessive, comparative, and superlative.  Look at the comparative and superlative forms of the following four adjectives. How are the comparatives and superlatives formed in English? PositiveComparativeSuperlative Smallsmallersmallest Beautifulmore beautifulmost beautiful Goodbetterbest

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Auf Deutsch  In German the comparative and the superlative forms are very similar to English.  For the comparative, add –er to the adjective  For the superlative, add –st or –est to the adjectives  One syllable adjectives often add an umlaut PositiveComparativeSuperlative kleinkleinerkleinst- altälterältest- großgrößergrößt-

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 As in English, there are also some irregular comparative and superlative forms. positivecomparativesuperlative gernlieberliebst- gutbesserbest- vielmehrmeist-

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 To compare two things that are equal, the words so…wie (as…as) and the positive form are used. Die Luft ist hier is so gut wie auf dem Land.  To compare two things that are not equal, the comparative form and the word als (than) are used. Die Luft ist hier besser als in der Großstadt.

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Auf Englisch  An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun  An adjective tells what kind, which one, how much, or how many What kind: This is a beautiful garden. The garden is gorgeous, and it is large. Which one: It is the largest garden in the city How much:There are no gardens here How many:There are many gardens here

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Auf Deutsch  Adjectives have endings in German when they are used before a noun  In this section adjectives preceded be ein, kein, mein, etc., are discussed Wir haben einen großen Garten. Ein großer Garten ist praktisch.

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 When an adjective modifies a noun that is used with an ein- word (the indefinite article or a possessive) the adjective must show the gender of the noun, because the word ein does not clearly show gender.  The ending –er on “großer Garten” tells you that Garten is a masculine noun  The ending –es on “kleines Zimmer” tells you that Zimmer is neutral

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 Adjectives have special endings that depend on the gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number (singular, plural), and case (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive) of the noun they describe or modify, and also upon whether they are preceded by a definite article or other der- words (dieser, jeder, welcher), or by an indefinite article or other ein- words (kein and possessives).

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2. In the dative case, all adjectives have the ending -en for nouns of all gender and number Dative MasculineWir sitzen in einem großen Garten FeminineWir sitzen in einer großenKüche NeuterWir sitzen in einem großenZimmer PluralWir leben in großenStädten

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3. When more than one adjective modifies a noun, they all have the same ending Wir haben ein schönes, großes und gemütliches Wohnzimmer.